Wire-reel.



B. F. LUICK.

WIRE REEL.

APPLICATION r|LEn1uLYs.1914. nzNEwED oc1.11.1915.

Patentedy July 18, 1916.

v Eff/flaw BERT F. I'UICK, 0F POMONA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR, T0 ARTHUR.W. RISHER, 0F SPADRA, CALIFORNIA.

WIRE-anni..

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 118, 1916.

Application filed July 6, 1914, Serial No. 849,098. Renewed October 11,1915.l Serial No. 55,357.

To @ZZ lwhom it may con/:era:

Bc it known that 1', Bnu'r F. Linen, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pomona, in the county oi Los Angeles, State of California,have invented new and useful improvements in l/Vire-leels,l of which thefollowing is a specification.

T his invention relates to a reel for winding and nnwinding coils ofwire.

It is the object of this invention to'provide a reel which is adjustabletosuit coils otvarious sizes and diameters, and to provide a simple andeffective means for making such adjustment. A further object is toprovide adjusting means by which the coil can be made to fit tight onthe reel as portions are unwound therefrom, which can be operated whilethe rcel is in rotation.

A further object is to provide an expanding reel which is so constructedthat the parts will not bind and thereby prevent its etiectiveoperation.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the reel, with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is aview in side elevation with parts removed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailsection on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, partly in elevation. Fig. f1 is adetail section of one of the sliding blocks as seen on the line 4 4 ofFig. 2, in the direction indicated by the arrows. l

More sliecilically, (3 indicates a frame which Ais 'formed oi parallelside members 7 and 8 fitted. with hand-holds 9by which it 4may bereadily carried; the members 7 and 8 being connected together bytransverse beams 10 and l1, and a central beam 12. Mounted on the beam,12 intermediate its ends is a bearing plate 13 and extending upwardlyfrom this plate 13 is a standard 14, the lower end of which is reducedand passes through the plate 13 and the beam Il2 vand is engaged by anut 15 on the underside of the beam 12 by which it is held in place.

Revoluloly mounted on the standard 14: and supported on the bearingplate 13 is a hub 16 formed with an outwardly extending flange 17 on itsupper edge to which is se'- cured a circular reel. disk 18; the disk 18being engaged with the flange vl? yby means of bolts 19 which alsoengage a flange 20 coil of wire supported on the disk 18. The

fiange 23 is provided :to form a blunt edge on the. disk 18 and alsotoshield a series of rollers 25 revolubly mounted in yokes 26 carried bythe rails 7 and 8. The rollers 25, preferably four in number, are spacedequi- `distant around the disk 18 adjacent to and parallel with itsouter edge and are normally positioned slightly out of contact with thelower face of thei disk 18 so that the latter will contact therewithwhen there is sufficient load on the disk to depress its outer edge intocontact with the rollers; thc/disk 18 being 'formed ot' sheet metal andhaving a slight resiliency, but of sufficient rigidity that considerablepressure is necessary in order to compress the plate 18 suliciently tocontact theI rollers 25. This. construction is provided for the purposeof preventing bindingr ot the disk 18 as will be later described.

rlhe blocks 24 extend through the slots 22 and are fitted with rollers27 and 28 on cach side thereof which are adapted to bearvon the upperand lower sides respectively of the disk 18. 'I he outer ends ot' theblocks 2+ are formed with yokes 29 in which are pivoted wire engagingarms 30, the upper ends of which are bent outwardly to copcra'te withthcdisk 1.8 to prevent lateral spreading of a coil of wire carried onthe arms 3() when the rcel is disposed in a vertical position. l

livolally connected to the arms 30 a short distance above their pivotalconiwction with the yokcs 2!) are links 81 which extend inwardly andupwardly and are connected at their inner ends to lugs 32 formed on asleeve 33 slidably mounted on the threzulcd standard 21. Formed on theupper end of' the sleeve, 235i is an annular 'flange 34. which issldably engaged by an internally threaded sleeve 35 mounted on thestamlard 21- and provided with mind-holes 36 on its opposite sides bymeans of which it may be rotated to cause it to advance up or down onthe standard 21 to spread or retract the arms 30. The connection betweenthe sleeve and the sleeve 35 is detachable and is formed by providingthe sleeves 35 with an open slot 3,7 on one side thereof through whichthe flanges 34 on the sleeve 33 may be passed so that the lower edge ofthe flange 34 will seatuon an inwardly extending Flange 38 formed on thesleeve immediately below the slot 37. o

As a means for rotating the reel the standard 21 is formed with asquared upper end portion 39 to receive a crank 40 which may be appliedand removed as desired. By the use of the crank 10 the. standard 21 andthe disk 18 may be rotated independent ot the reel adjusting sleeves 33and 35 and without eilecting the operation or adjustment of the latter.The upper end of the standard 14 projects beyond the upper end of thestand ard 21 and is threaded to receive a nut 41 which serves to holdthe standard 21 in place. n

In the operation of the invention, when it is desired to place a coil ofwire on the disk 18 the crank 40 is removed and the arms are retractedas indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, by rotating the sleeve in suchdirection that it will move upwardly on the threaded .standard 21,thereby causing the sleeve to move therewith and` exert an inward pullon the links 31, thus rocking the arms 30 rearwardly on their pivotalconnections with the links and the yokes 29. Continued upward movementof the sleeve 35 will operate to cause the blocks 24 to be retracted intheir guide slots 22 so as to dispose the rearwardly inclined arms 30adjacent the standard 21 when it is desired to place a coil of Wire ofsmall diameter on the reel. After the coil of wire has been positionedon the plate 18 around the outer faces of the arms 30 the, sleeve 35 isrotated so as to advance it downwardly on the standard 21 and therebymove the sleeve therewith so as to cause the links 31 to rock the arms30 outwardly toward their norma-l vertical position, which position islimited by the lower ends of the arms 30 coming in contact with theforward ends of the blocks 24. Continued downward movement of thesleeves 35 and 33 would then cause the arms 3() and blocks 241 toadvance simultaneously to position the outer faces of the arms 30 inclose contact with the inner periphery of the wire coil.

As it is desirable to have thc wire coil tightly' engaged by the armsil() the threaded sleeve 33 is screwed downwardly so as to exert aconsiderable outward"pressure on the arms 30 through the links 3l.action tends to bind thc blocks 24 on the plate 18 but this bindingaction is effectively overcome by reason of the engagement of This theplate and the sleeve 35 screwed down to a point on the standard 21 toobtain the desired pressure of the arms -30 against the inner peripherlyof the wire coil that the disk 18 would so tightly clamped against itsbearing as to inhibit its rotation.

the wire coil is thus engaged on the disk 18 When by the arms v 30 therails 7 and 8 are lashed to a post in a vertical position and the wireunwound from its coil. When it is desired to wind the wire on the reelthe crank 40 is attached to the threaded standard 39 as shown in Fig: 2.It is manifest, however that the reel may be operated both in winding orunwinding the wire coil when positioned horizontally, as shown in thedrawings. f

What claim is:

1. A wire rcel, comprising the combination of a frame, a stationarystandard thereon, an externally threaded tubular standard rcvolublymounted on said stationary stand ard, a disk rigidly aixed to thethreaded standard formed with a seriesof radially extending slots,blocks slidably mounted in certain ot said slots, arms pivoted on saidblocks, links connecting with said arms above their pivotal yconnectionwith the blocks, a sleeve slidably mounted on the threaded standard towhich the inner ends of said links are pivotally connected, a flange onsaid sleeve, and a threaded sleeve on said standard formed with aninwardly extending flange detachably engaging the flange on the loosesleeve.

2. In a wire reel, a frame, a revoluble disk on said frame, a pluralityof rollers normally positioned out of contact with the underside ofsaidfdisk and adapted to en-. gage therewith on deflection of the diskunder pressure thereon, whereby binding' of the disk is prevented.

A wire reel., con'iprising a frame, a rigid standard thereon, a hubrcvolubly mounted on said standard, a disk supported on said hub, athreaded tubular standard encompassing the stationary standard, sa idthreaded standard, disk and hub rigidly 'conf ncctcd together` aplurality of blocks slidbly mounted in radial slots in said disk,.ollers on said blocks engaging the upper and lower surfaces of thedisk, pivotcd arms carried by said blocks, a loose sleeve on thethreaded standard, links connecting said ico sleeve to the pivoted'erms, a threaded sleeve have hereunto subscribed my name thisnQBrd tomove the loose sleeve to rock the arms and shift the blocks.

yIn witness that I claim the foregoing I on said standard connected tothe loose day of June, 1914.

BERT F. LUICK.

